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Lesson 19. Playing Music and Videos > PLAYING VIDEOS
19.1. PLAYING VIDEOS
In Lesson 14 you learned how to use the MediaPlayerLauncher to play videos using the Windows Media Player. When you use the Windows Media Player to play a video, you are launching the player and deactivating your application while the player plays the video. To play the video without deactivating your application, you can add a MediaElement control to your page and play the video within the MediaElement control. MediaElement supports playing videos from a remote server as well as playing videos located on the phone.
19.1.1. Adding and Configuring the MediaElement Control
To add a MediaElement control to a page, drag the MediaElement icon from the Toolbox onto the page:
